BILL NUMBER: AB 1336	CHAPTERED  09/02/99

	CHAPTER   301
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 2, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 24, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 20, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Washington

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to amend Section 13510 of, and to add Section 13526.2 to,
the Penal Code, relating to peace officers, and making an
appropriation therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1336, Washington.  Peace officers:  housing authority police
departments:  training.
   (1) Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training to adopt rules establishing minimum standards
relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness that shall govern the
recruitment of any of specified groups of peace officers.  The
commission is also required to adopt rules establishing minimum
standards for training specified groups of peace officers.
   This bill would additionally include housing authority police
departments of the City of Los Angeles and the City of Oakland among
these groups of peace officers.
   (2) Existing law provides that no allocation shall be made from
the Peace Officers' Training Fund to a local governmental agency if
the agency was not entitled to receive funding under any of certain
specified provisions regulating the allocation of funds from the
Peace Officers' Training Fund for training expenses, as those
provisions read on December 31, 1989.
   This bill would provide notwithstanding this limitation, that the
housing authority police departments of the City of Los Angeles and
the City of Oakland, shall be entitled to receive the above funding.
Because this bill would make additional entities eligible to receive
state funds payable from the Peace Officers' Training Fund, which is
a continuously appropriated fund, it would make an appropriation.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 13510 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   13510.  (a) For the purpose of raising the level of competence of
local law enforcement officers, the commission shall adopt, and may
from time to time amend, rules establishing minimum standards
relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness that shall govern the
recruitment of any city police officers, peace officer members of a
county sheriff's office, marshals or deputy marshals of a municipal
court, peace officer members of a county coroner's office
notwithstanding Section 13526, reserve officers, as defined in
subdivision (a) of Section 830.6, police officers of a district
authorized by statute to maintain a police department, peace officer
members of a police department operated by a joint powers agency
established by Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5
of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, regularly employed
and paid inspectors and investigators of a district attorney's
office, as defined in Section 830.1, who conduct criminal
investigations, peace officer members of a district, safety police
officers and park rangers of the County of Los Angeles, as defined in
subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 830.31, or housing authority
police departments.
   The commission also shall adopt, and may from time to time amend,
rules establishing minimum standards for training of city police
officers, peace officer members of county sheriff's offices, marshals
or deputy marshals of a municipal court, peace officer members of a
county coroner's office notwithstanding Section 13526, reserve
officers, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 830.6, police
officers of a district authorized by statute to maintain a police
department, peace officer members of a police department operated by
a joint powers agency established by Article 1 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government
Code, regularly employed and paid inspectors and investigators of a
district attorney's office, as defined in Section 830.1, who conduct
criminal investigations, peace officer members of a district, safety
police officers and park rangers of the County of Los Angeles, as
defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 830.1, and housing
authority police departments.
   These rules shall apply to those cities, counties, cities and
counties, and districts receiving state aid pursuant to this chapter
and shall be adopted and amended pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing
with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.
   (b) The commission shall conduct research concerning job-related
educational standards and job-related selection standards to include
vision, hearing, physical ability, and emotional stability.
Job-related standards which are supported by this research shall be
adopted by the commission prior to January 1, 1985, and shall apply
to those peace officer classes identified in subdivision (a).  The
commission shall consult with local entities during the conducting of
related research into job-related selection standards.
   (c) For the purpose of raising the level of competence of local
public safety dispatchers, the commission shall adopt, and may from
time to time amend, rules establishing minimum standards relating to
the recruitment and training of local public safety dispatchers
having a primary responsibility for providing dispatching services
for local law enforcement agencies described in subdivision (a),
which standards shall apply to those cities, counties, cities and
counties, and districts receiving state aid pursuant to this chapter.
  These standards also shall apply to consolidated dispatch centers
operated by an independent public joint powers agency established
pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code when providing dispatch
services to the law enforcement personnel listed in subdivision (a).
Those rules shall be adopted and amended pursuant to Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.  As used in this section, "primary
responsibility" refers to the performance of law enforcement
dispatching duties for a minimum of 50 percent of the time worked
within a pay period.
   (d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a local agency from
establishing selection and training standards which exceed the
minimum standards established by the commission.
  SEC. 2.  Section 13526.2 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13526.2.  Notwithstanding Section 13526, for the purposes of this
chapter, the housing authority police departments of the City of Los
Angeles and the City of Oakland shall be entitled to receive funding
from the Peace Officers' Training Fund.
